- Arlo Guthrie City of New Orleans 歌詞
- Arlo Guthrie
- City of New Orleans
Ridin on the City of New Orleans
Illinois Central, Monday mornin rail
15 cars & 15 restless riders
Three conductors, 25 sacks of mail
All along the southbound odyssey the train pulls out of Kankakee
Rolls along past houses, farms & fields
Passin trains that have no names, freight yards full of old black men
And the graveyards of rusted automobiles
Good mornin America, how are you?
Dont you know me? Im your native son!
Im the train they call the City of New Orleans
Ill be gone 500 miles when the day is done
Dealin cards with the old men in the club car
Penny a point, aint no one keepin score
Pass the paper bag that holds the bottle
And feel the wheels rumblin neath the floor
And the sons of Pullman porters & the sons of engineers
Ride their fathers magic carpets made of steel
Mothers with their babes asleep, rockin to the gentle beat
And the rhythm of the rails is all they feel
Good mornin America, how are you?
Say dont you know me? Im your native son!
Im the train they call the City of New Orleans.
Ill be gone 500 miles when the day is done.
Night time on the City of New Orleans
Changin cars in Memphis, Tennessee
Halfway home, well be there by mornin
Thru the Mississippi darkness rollin down to the sea
But all the towns and people seem to fade into a bad dream
And the steel rail still aint heard the news
The conductor sings his songs again
'The passengers will please refrain:
This train got the disappea rin railroad blues
Good night America, how are you?
Say dont you know me? Im your native son!
Im the train they call the City of New Orleans.
Ill be gone 500 miles when the day is done.
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